Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics
Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics
6th Edition
ISBN: 9781506333830
Author: Neil J. Salkind
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
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Chapter 10, Problem 1TP
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The condition when it is appropriate to use one-sample Z-test.

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Answer to Problem 1TP

The Z-test is used when the sample size is large (>30) and the population standard deviation or variance is known. One sample Z-test can be used for comparing one sample mean with population mean.

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The central limit theorem states that if the sample size tends to be larger, then the test statistics tends to be a normal distribution. For large sample size and known population variance, one sample Z-test is appropriate to use. One sample Z-test is used for comparing one sample mean with population mean.

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